Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Thalamita

Thalamita picta Stimpson, 1858



World Distribution
East Africa to Hawaii, French Polynesia and Clipperton. Includes Wallis & Futuna
MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet), Sakai (2004, CD), Poupin (BD Internet). - Mer Rouge, Afrique orientale, Tanzanie, Mozambique, Afrique du Sud, Europa, Madagascar, Comores, Anjouan, Mayotte, Glorieuses, Seychelles, Maurice, Inde, Laccadives, Chagos, Sri Lanka, Indonésie, Taiwan, Chine, Japon, Philippines, Australie, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Vanuatu, Fidji, Wallis & Futuna, Polynésie française, Hawaii, Clipperton.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-159 m

Mayotte data
Thalamita picta Stimpson, 1858
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 26, Mutsumbatsou reef flat, intertidal, coll. J. -M. Bouchard 2008, st. Mliha, 1 M 6.9 x 10 mm, 1 F ov. 10.3 x 15.8 mm, 1 F juv. 7.6 x 11.3 mm, MNHN B32506, MNHN-IU-2009-1266.
Other records — Thalamita picta - Crosnier, 1962: 138, fig. 237-40, pI. XII, fig. 2, Europa, Madagascar, Comores, Anjouan, Mayotte, Glorieuses. - Guinot, 1967: 256, list with Mayotte. - Poupin et al., 2013c: 11, Glorieuses, Expedition Glorieuses December 2012, st. BIO 22 (1 F juv 6.8x9.5 mm MNHN-IU-2013-7311), st. BIO 33.
Remarks — The specimen have determined by using characters and drawings in Crosnier (1962) and very typical distal end of male pleopod, as illustrated in Vannini & Innocenti (2000: 282, fig. 66). Mayotte specimen being preserved its photograph is replaced herein by a photograph of a fresh specimen collected in 2011 in nearby Europa Island, Mozambique channel. Spinridonov (2017b) has recently described a new species from Japan, Thalamita matzuzawai, very similar to T. picta and he gives a comparaison table for characters between these two species and 4 others morphologically similar species.
Geographical and depth ranges — IWP, Red Sea, South Africa, to Hawaii, French Polynesia and Clipperton; intertidal, subtidal to 159 m.

Europa data
Thalamita picta - Crosnier, 1962 : 138, fig. 237-40, pI. XII, fig. 2 (Europa, Madagascar, Comores, Anjouan, Mayotte, Glorieuses). - Thalamita picta - Guinot, 1967 : 256 (Liste, avec Europa). - Europa, BIOTAS collections, specimen MEPA-00171, 00174, st. EURO-7, pre-dét. J. Poupin d'après photo. - BIORECIE - St. 15, 2 males 10.3x14.9-14.3x20.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2012-618).

Réunion data
Thalamita aff. picta - Bourjon et al., 2018 (Cah. Biol. Mar.): 454, tab. 1, Réunion [Indicated as det. by Poupin in Bourjon et al. (2018) but this det. not retreived in Poupin personal notes (Dec. 2019). Presence of this species in Réunion should be confirmed].

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267. - Spiridonov, 2017: 1213, 3 males, 5 females (MNHN B 6237), New Caledonia, coll. Balansa.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Thalamita picta - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna). - CLIPPERTON - Thalamita roosevelti Schmitt, 1939a: 16, fig. 2 (Clipperton). - Thalamita picta - Garth, 1965: 12, figs 7, 11, 12 (Clipperton). - Hendrickx, 1995b: 134 (distribution). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Goniosoma lineatum A. Milne Edwards, 1861: 377, pl. 35, fig. 4 (Nuku Hiva) fide Crosnier (1962: 138). - Thalamita alcocki - Nobili, 1907: 384 ("Tagatau" = Gambier?). - Thalamita gardineri - Rathbun, 1907: 63 (Fakarava, Makemo). - Thalamita picta - Holthuis, 1953: 8 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 13 (Raroia). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 33 (Tahiti; Syn.); 1962: 60 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Stephenson & Rees, 1967: 86 (Tikehau). - Stephenson, 1972: 50 (Syn.); 1976: 23 ("Hoava Strait" = Haava strait, between Tahuata and Hiva Oa, 48-57m). - Monteforte, 1984: 173, annex 1, tab. a (Makatea, Mataiva, Takapoto). - Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Poupin, 1996a: 35 (Checklist; in part, specimen from Raiatea, 130m, is T. multispinosa; see Crosnier, 2002: 430); 1996b: 36, pl. 17g (in part, not specimen that illustrated pl. 17g that is T. multispinosa from Raiatea, 130 m; coll. Frv Marara). - Crosnier, 2002: 438 (Ua Huka; MUSORSTOM 9 campaign, 4-15 m). - Thalamita (Neothalaminella) picta - Guinot, 1985: 449 (List; subgenus from Moosa, 1979: 51) - Synonyms - Thalamita alcocki de Man, 1902; T. gardineri Borradaile, 1902. - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, coll. Evans, sample 0349, Leg 2, St 20, Ua Huka, tide pool, 1 male 13x21.5 mm, sample 0360, St 21; Leg 3, St. MQ19-R, Hiva Oa, 10-25 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC236. - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (collection, Mataiva, 1982, coll. Monteforte, det. Crosnier).
Spiridonov, 2017: 1213, 2 males (MNL 476, identified as Goniosoma lineatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1861), French Polynesia, Tahiti, from the Museum Godeffroy collection, 1887

Other data
Musorstom 1 Philippines, CP18 — Moosa MK, Musorstom 1, 1: 142-150
Polynesie, 34b — Crosnier A, Zoosystema 24, 2: 401-449
Polynesie, 31 — Crosnier A, Zoosystema 24, 2: 401-449
Polynesie, 25 — Crosnier A, Zoosystema 24, 2: 401-449

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